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Horizontal Flow: The Magic of Row-Based Design

In the beginning, there were neither layouts nor Web Design. Tables held only rows and columns of data. Lines of text did span the screen. And #c0c0c0 was the face of the Web.

And Netscape said, “Let table cells support background colors. And let them also hold images.” And lo, Web Design was born. And Microsoft saw that it was good. And Microsoft said, “let table cells also support background images.” And Web Design rejoiced, and created innumerable sites with diverse and creative layouts.

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